Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 184

Subsequency (n.) The act or state of following; -- opposed to precedence.

Subsequent (a.) Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as, subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long subsequent to the foundation of Rome.

Subsequent (a.) Following in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent clause in a treaty.

Subsequently (adv.) At a later time; afterwards.

Subserous (a.) Situated under a serous membrane.

Subserved (imp. & p. p.) of Subserve

Subserving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subserve

Subserve (v. t.) To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote.

Subserve (v. i.) To be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity.

Subservience (n.) Alt. of Subserviency

Subserviency (n.) The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility.

Subservient (a.) Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.

Subserviently (adv.) In a subservient manner.

Subsesqui- () A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting the combination of constituents (especially electro-negative and electro-positive bodies) in the proportion of two to three; as, a subsesqui acetate, i. e., a salt having two equivalents of acetic acid to three of the base.

Subsextuple (a.) Having the ratio of one to six; as, a subsextuple proportion.

Subsided (imp. & p. p.) of Subside

Subsiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subside

Subside (v. i.) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.

Subside (v. i.) To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.

Subside (v. i.) To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided.

Subsidence (n.) Alt. of Subsidency

Subsidency (n.) The act or process of subsiding.

Subsidiarily (adv.) In a subsidiary manner; so as to assist.

Subsidiary (a.) Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream.

Subsidiary (a.) Of or pertaining to a subsidy; constituting a subsidy; being a part of, or of the nature of, a subsidy; as, subsidiary payments to an ally.

Subsidiaries (pl. ) of Subsidiary

Subsidiary (n.) One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary.

Subsidized (imp. & p. p.) of Subsidize

Subsidizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subsidize

Subsidize (v. t.) To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private enterprise, with public money; as, to subsidize a steamship line.

Subsidies (pl. ) of Subsidy

Subsidy (n.) Support; aid; cooperation; esp., extraordinary aid in money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power.

Subsidy (n.) Specifically: A sum of money paid by one sovereign or nation to another to purchase the cooperation or the neutrality of such sovereign or nation in war.

Subsidy (n.) A grant from the government, from a municipal corporation, or the like, to a private person or company to assist the establishment or support of an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public; a subvention; as, a subsidy to the owners of a line of ocean steamships.

Subsigned (imp. & p. p.) of Subsign

Subsigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subsign

Subsign (v. t.) To sign beneath; to subscribe.

Subsinnation (n.) The act of writing the name under something, as for attestation.

Subsilicate (n.) A basic silicate.

Subsisted (imp. & p. p.) of Subsist

Subsisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subsist

Subsist (v. i.) To be; to have existence; to inhere.

Subsist (v. i.) To continue; to retain a certain state.

Subsist (v. i.) To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live.

Subsist (v. t.) To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family.

Subsistence (n.) Real being; existence.

Subsistence (n.) Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.

Subsistence (n.) That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.

Subsistence (n.) Same as Hypostasis, 2.

Subsistency (n.) Subsistence.

Subsistent (a.) Having real being; as, a subsistent spirit.

Subsistent (a.) Inherent; as, qualities subsistent in matter.

Subsizar (n.) An under sizar; a student of lower rank than a sizar.

Subsoil (n.) The bed, or stratum, of earth which lies immediately beneath the surface soil.

Subsoil (v. t.) To turn up the subsoil of.

Subsolary (a.) Being under the sun; hence, terrestrial; earthly; mundane.

Subspecies (n.) A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race.

Subsphenoidal (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.

Subspherical (a.) Nearly spherical; having a figure resembling that of a sphere.

Subspinous (a.) Subvertebral.

Subspinous (a.) Situated beneath a spinous process, as that of the scapula; as, subspinous dislocation of the humerus.

Substance (n.) That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in distinction from any accident; that which constitutes anything what it is; real or existing essence.

Substance (n.) The most important element in any existence; the characteristic and essential components of anything; the main part; essential import; purport.

Substance (n.) Body; matter; material of which a thing is made; hence, substantiality; solidity; firmness; as, the substance of which a garment is made; some textile fabrics have little substance.

Substance (n.) Material possessions; estate; property; resources.

Substance (n.) Same as Hypostasis, 2.

Substance (v. t.) To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich.

Substanceless (a.) Having no substance; unsubstantial.

Substant (a.) Substantial; firm.

Substantial (a.) Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.

Substantial (a.) Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.

Substantial (a.) Corporeal; material; firm.

Substantial (a.) Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.

Substantial (a.) Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder.

Substantiality (n.) The quality or state of being substantial; corporiety; materiality.

Substantialized (imp. & p. p.) of Substantialize

Substantializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Substantialize

Substantialize (v. t.) To make substantial.

Substantially (adv.) In a substantial manner; in substance; essentially.

Substantialness (n.) The quality or state of being substantial; as, the substantialness of a wall or column.

Substantials (n. pl.) Essential parts.

Substantiated (imp. & p. p.) of Substantiate

Substantiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Substantiate

Substantiate (v. t.) To make to exist; to make real.

Substantiate (v. t.) To establish the existence or truth of by proof or competent evidence; to verify; as, to substantiate a charge or allegation; to substantiate a declaration.

Substantiation (n.) The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof.

Substantival (a.) Of or pertaining to a substantive; of the nature of substantive.

Substantive (a.) Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.

Substantive (a.) Depending on itself; independent.

Substantive (a.) Enduring; solid; firm; substantial.

Substantive (a.) Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive.

Substantive (n.) A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives.

Substantive (v. t.) To substantivize.

Substantively (adv.) In a substantive manner; in substance; essentially.

Substantively (adv.) As a substantive, name, or noun; as, an adjective may be used substantively.

Substantiveness (n.) The quality or state of being substantive.

Substantivize (v. t.) To convert into a substantive; as, to substantivize an adjective.

Substile (n.) See Substyle.

Substituent (n.) Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed.

Substitute (n.) One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else

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